12 OCT 2025 Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is joining the effort to develop an ammonia bunkering operation in Australia’s Pilbara as part of the efforts to establish a green shipping corridor between the iron ore region and Asia. MOL becomes the first shipping company in the project, which was announced …
Read More »NEW WARNING OF NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION AND AIS INTERFERENCE
12 OCT 2025 UK Maritime Trade Operations issued a new advisory after receiving an increased number of reports of interference that is impacting the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) as well as data on AIS displays. It comes as Qatar continues to work to repair a “technical fault in GPS,” …
Read More »“HIJACKER” IN MYSTERIOUS ARCTIC SEA CASE HAS BEEN CAPTURED AFTER 16 YEARS
11 OCT 2025 A suspect who has been wanted by Russia for 16 years in connection with an alleged hijacking off Sweden has been arrested at last, according to authorities in Cyprus. In July 2009, the freighter Arctic Sea got under way from Jakobstad, Finland with a cargo of $1.8 …
Read More »BLANK SAILINGS HIT NEW RECORD IN RESPONSE TO TARIFF PRESSURE
10 OCT 2025 The latest data from consultancy Project44 shows that blank sailings have surged to new heights as demand on U.S.-China routes has fallen. The blanks for October are on track to exceed levels seen during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when consumer demand in the West …
Read More »MSC CONTAINER SHIP HITS INDIAN FISHING BOAT
09 OCT 2025 India’s fishing community is again complaining about merchant ships sailing too close to the coast and hitting the commercial fishing vessels working off Kerala on the Arabian Sea. In the latest instance, a smaller MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company containership collided with one of the fishing vessels, causing …
Read More »BELGIUM POLICE END GREENPEACE BLOCKAGE OF LNG TERMINAL AFTER 29 HOURS
08 OCT 2025 The Belgian police ended the blockade by Greenpeace protestors of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal. The group confirmed its activists have been removed and arrested after 29 hours while its sailboat was moved to a dock in the port, and the flow of LNG carriers has resumed. As …
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